Ginou

Ginou is an Autobot Trainbot from the Generation 1 continuity family (via Masterpiece).

Ginou (ギンオウ Gin'ō) is the seventh member of the Trainbots, able to replace Shouki as the upper torso of Raiden, the Trainbots' combined form.

Toys

Masterpiece G Series

• Trainbot Ginou (2024)

• ID number: MPG-07
• Release date: 28 September 2024
• Accessories: Weapon, shield, maintenance box, seat x 2, joint part, rail A, rail B, sticker sheet

Ginou is the seventh release in the Masterpiece G Series. Produced in collaboration with TOMIX, the train department of TakaraTomy's scale model oriented subsidiary Tomytec, the figure converts into a fully HO scale compatible incarnation of the diagnostic 922 type train also known as “Dr. Yellow." Ginou is a redeco and retool of Shouki, featuring a newly sculpted, G1-toy inspired head. Ginou can also transform into a third mode that can replace Shouki as the torso of Raiden.

Like Shouki, Ginou includes seat parts scaled to fit two figures in his front cabin, both Masterpiece human figures or pilots from the 2016 Diaclone toyline via a pair of flip-down "booster seats." The figure includes a newly sculpted shield/chest plate based on early catalogue artwork for the pre-Transformers Diaclone version of Raiden, as well as a new "maintenance box" which can transform into an abdomen filler for Raiden, can be held by Ginou in robot mode, or stored on the side of his train mode. He includes the same handheld rifle as Shouki which can still be stored on his train mode's undercarriage.

Lastly, the figure includes two modular railway sections which can combine with segments included with the other Trainbots à la the team's original Diaclone plastic tracks. This track can be converted into a base for a stand armature (sold separately), and an adapter is included for display as either a "flying train" or a floating Raiden torso for when Shouki is hogging combiner duties.

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Notes

• The etymology of Ginou's name isn't fully clear, but it may mean "silver king" (銀王) or "silver yellow" (銀黄), a reference to Silverliner, Machliner's variant deco in Diaclone.
• That Shouki is redecoed into a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Doctor Yellow|{{#if:||Doctor Yellow}}]] train is due to the Masterpiece G Series Trainbots adhering as closely to real-world trains as possible. As the deco for "Yellowliner" does not exist on the model of train used for Yukikaze (Doctor Yellow trains of the 200 series type use a green stripe), nor does a metallic-plated version of the 0 series exist, it was decided to redeco Shouki instead, as his train model (the 0 series) utilizes this color scheme in real life.